Product Description

Strategies for Helping Victims of Elder Mistreatment provides practical information -- gleaned from research and clinical work -- which can be used to help victims of family abuse.

Focusing on intentional physical, psychological, financial abuse and neglect of the elderly, the authors provide a theoretical framework for understanding the phenomenon. The signs and symptoms of mistreatment are explored. A framework for assessing mistreatment cases is presented and used as a guide for discussing intervention strategies. Representatives from the law, medicine, nursing, and social work discuss their respective professional roles in helping victims achieve a life without violence. Victims of mistreatment testify to their personal victimization and healing process.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #865596 in Books
• Published on: 1988-10-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 160 pages